just noticed on that link the NRL are trying to get other countries to follow suit..

Typical NRL attitude. Make a decision on something that would affect the whole game of RL, and then ask others to follow suit.. where was the conversation with the other countries prior to making the decision?.. RFL should not follow suit!!

just noticed on that link the NRL are trying to get other countries to follow suit..

Typical NRL attitude. Make a decision on something that would affect the whole game of RL, and then ask others to follow suit.. where was the conversation with the other countries prior to making the decision?.. RFL should not follow suit!!

Maybe...
The authorities do not want as many head injuries as there are, trying to attract Mum's & Dads to get their kids to play the game.
Those kids will decide if this game goes forward or withers on the Vine.

Its a big issue in Australia relating to Juniors coming through, the world is not what it was 30 years ago.

Wonder how the rule would be interpreted if the shoulder of a player taking the ball up connects with the head of a player attempting to make a tackle.. potentially the same outcome, a player knocked out or concussed. What the Aussie's refer to as a "Don't argue".

Did a Dingo eat your Baby?Were you knocked back on your application to emigrate?

Not at all. Both of my babies are fine (or they were when I dropped them at school this morning) and I have never applied to emigrate.

I think Australia is a fine country and full of many good people. The only downside that I can recognise is their inability to recognise 'sport'. It's all too serious, they try to engineer unfair advantages and they whine when things don't go their way.

As problems go, it isn't a big one, except when discussing sport, of course.

They are trying to introduce one set of rules worldwide. This would do away with the NRL style, SL style and Intnl Rules.
Hopefully they will have the one set of rules for next season so that everyone will have played a year and be familiar with them when we go into the World Cup.
I would like to have kept the shoulder charge but if having one set of rules mean abolishing it then it is a price worth paying.

Not at all. Both of my babies are fine (or they were when I dropped them at school this morning) and I have never applied to emigrate.

I think Australia is a fine country and full of many good people. The only downside that I can recognise is their inability to recognise 'sport'. It's all too serious, they try to engineer unfair advantages and they whine when things don't go their way.

As problems go, it isn't a big one, except when discussing sport, of course.

You whine about everything Australian regardless if its good or bad, you always have a snide comment.You see your comments about Australians whining when it does not go their way? do you ever think on the other side of the coin Aussies feel that way in reverse?Its called home bias.